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wheelsoffreedom76 YaBB Newbies Offline Posts: 33 Kansas Gender:	Re: oil Reply #45 - 04/13/13 at 14:12:16 I went in Oreilly's yesterday and their motorcycle oil is on sale. I got Lucas synthetic 20-50 for $9 a quart. That 60 series detroit in that werner truck should hold 11 gallons.
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Oldfeller--FSO Serious Thumper ModSquad Offline Hobby is now "concentrated neuropany" Posts: 12673 Fayetteville, NC Gender:	Re: oil Reply #46 - 04/13/13 at 19:36:26 That's odd, that particular Lucas synthetic 20-50 oil isn't on the approved list for oils in Tech Section at all. I wonder why in the world that could be ???? Do you know what is in that Lucas synthetic 20-50 oil spec-wise by any chance?
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bill67 Serious Thumper Offline old tired Posts: 8517 genoa city wisconsin Gender:	Re: oil Reply #47 - 04/13/13 at 19:39:37 wheelsoffreedom76 wrote on 04/13/13 at 14:12:16: I went in Oreilly's yesterday and their motorcycle oil is on sale. I got Lucas synthetic 20-50 for $9 a quart. That 60 series detroit in that werner truck should hold 11 gallons. +1 A man that can think for himself.
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Reply #48 - 04/13/13 at 23:03:04

We ran Delo or whatever was cheap in the Macks I used to drive. Oil changed once a year, stop and go city flatbed use, and those were 1974-95 Thermodyne (filthy running) R685/686 day cabs. My 1991 378 Pete coffin box with a single stack Cummins 14L (525hp/1850 torque) got the oil changed every 10K miles, heavy haul export containers (rig licensed at 104,000 pounds gross combination weight) in the Cascade Mountain Range.

My bike gets 15W40, changed when it quits shifting properly. No idea on the miles, hasn't had a speedometer in almost a decade. Grin

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apache snow-FSO Serious Thumper Offline Posts: 509 Gender:	Re: oil Reply #49 - 04/14/13 at 13:46:26 White papers 2nd edition study of motorcycle oils, out of 17 brands, lucas 20w50 came in next to last. I do not use any lucas products but thats just me. http://www.dualies.com/downloads/files/Oil%20Test%20Results%20-%20g2156.pdf
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rfw2003 Serious Thumper Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 1108 Yantis, TX	Re: oil Reply #50 - 04/14/13 at 13:59:24 I could have sworn someone on here called Lucus and they said NOT TO USE their oils in motorcycles with wet clutches. I can't seem to find the post atm, but I do remember that in one of our oil discussions. R.F.
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bill67 Serious Thumper Offline old tired Posts: 8517 genoa city wisconsin Gender:	Re: oil Reply #51 - 04/14/13 at 14:16:30 apache snow-FSO wrote on 04/14/13 at 13:46:26: White papers 2nd edition study of motorcycle oils, out of 17 brands, lucas 20w50 came in next to last. I do not use any lucas products but thats just me. http://www.dualies.com/downloads/files/Oil%20Test%20Results%20-%20g2156.pdf I checked that I didn't see it coming in next to last.
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bill67 Serious Thumper Offline old tired Posts: 8517 genoa city wisconsin Gender:	Re: oil Reply #52 - 04/14/13 at 14:17:58 rfw2003 wrote on 04/14/13 at 13:59:24: I could have sworn someone on here called Lucus and they said NOT TO USE their oils in motorcycles with wet clutches. I can't seem to find the post atm, but I do remember that in one of our oil discussions. R.F. RFW who do you suspect that some one was.
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Reply #53 - 04/14/13 at 14:32:14

bill67 wrote on 04/14/13 at 14:17:58:

rfw2003 wrote on 04/14/13 at 13:59:24:

I could have sworn someone on here called Lucus and they said NOT TO USE their oils in motorcycles with wet clutches. I can't seem to find the post atm, but I do remember that in one of our oil discussions.

R.F.

RFW who do you suspect that some one was. Roll Eyes

You know I don't actually remember except that it wasn't OF, it was someone that worked at a parts store or had a friend that was a Lucas oil rep or something like that.

R.F.

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apache snow-FSO Serious Thumper Offline Posts: 509 Gender:	Re: oil Reply #54 - 04/14/13 at 14:35:34 bill67 wrote on 04/14/13 at 14:16:30: [quote author=4B5A4B49424F5944455D2A0 quote] I checked that I didn't see it coming in next to last. At the very end in the pdf in the rankings for 50 weight it is listed 16 out of 17.
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bill67 Serious Thumper Offline old tired Posts: 8517 genoa city wisconsin Gender:	Re: oil Reply #55 - 04/14/13 at 15:02:19 Look at the 20-50
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Reply #56 - 04/14/13 at 15:05:03

rfw2003 wrote on 04/14/13 at 14:32:14:

bill67 wrote on 04/14/13 at 14:17:58:

rfw2003 wrote on 04/14/13 at 13:59:24:

I could have sworn someone on here called Lucus and they said NOT TO USE their oils in motorcycles with wet clutches. I can't seem to find the post atm, but I do remember that in one of our oil discussions.

R.F.

RFW who do you suspect that some one was. Roll Eyes

You know I don't actually remember except that it wasn't OF, it was someone that worked at a parts store or had a friend that was a Lucas oil rep or something like that.

R.F.

RFW do you really think Lucas makes a motorcycle oil not good for wet clutches.

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Reply #57 - 04/14/13 at 15:08:55

bill67 wrote on 04/14/13 at 14:17:58:

rfw2003 wrote on 04/14/13 at 13:59:24:

I could have sworn someone on here called Lucus and they said NOT TO USE their oils in motorcycles with wet clutches. I can't seem to find the post atm, but I do remember that in one of our oil discussions.

R.F.

RFW who do you suspect that some one was. Roll Eyes

here's your quote...

SaVaGeEaRL wrote on 08/13/12 at 20:08:15:

Rotella t6 is NOT a diesel oil. It's a universal oil and has a Jaso and ma rating, along with high level of zddp. It's perfect for our savage. I use it now and add some of that redline zddp booster just for more peace of mind. When I called the Lucas rep here he said to NEVER to use Lucas in a wet clutch due to moly.

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apache snow-FSO Serious Thumper Offline Posts: 509 Gender:	Re: oil Reply #58 - 04/14/13 at 15:14:17 bill67 wrote on 04/14/13 at 15:02:19: Look at the 20-50 That IS 20w50 they tested and 20w50 we ARE looking at.
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rfw2003 Serious Thumper Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 1108 Yantis, TX	Re: oil Reply #59 - 04/14/13 at 15:26:26 bill67 wrote on 04/14/13 at 15:13:34: What are Lucas motorcycles oil good for,Diesel engines? For those motorcycles that don't use a wet clutch system. I know they are few and far between on those, but they do exist like alot of the HD's are a dry clutch system. R.F.
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